Boyden-Reporter: Man tames balky horse with battery lesson
A Pennsylvania man boasts two horses worth 1000 dollars to him. He trains one balky horse by a three volt battery, connecting the bit and cropper to three wires, and after a week the horse moves freely. In London, baker Charles Engleman dies in an odd accident at Harrow road kneading dough, found head downward in the trough, likely suffocated after a fit.
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Anda
London
Charles Engleman
Harrow Road
Iowa
McKinley
Democratic Party
Europe
America
James G. Blaine
Republican Party
London Chamber of Commerce
William McKinley
Invention of sex tuplex telegraphy tested successfully
Thomas E. Dixon of Henderson Kentucky is credited with a sex tuplex telegraphy system enabling six messages on one wire simultaneously. A quadruplex is said to have saved a major telegraph company twenty million dollars. The greatest chain ever made, from Tipton Green England, was tested by suspending 400 tons from each link for crane work at Chatham wharf.
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Thomas E. Dixon
Henderson
Tipton Green
Slang Lessons and Frozen Milk Abroad
A Chautauqua scene contrasts sixteenth century and modern slang meanings for Go to and Come off. In Europe milk is sold frozen in bricks for summer use, with Copenhagen exporting frozen milk at 110 000 pounds weekly. William Benson of Noblesville received mullein seeds instead of tobacco after ordering seed from Washington.
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Europe
Copenhagen
William Benson
Noblesville
Washington
Paries ark teen leaps after mother’s reproach ends in injuries
A 16 year old girl in Paris Arkansas jumped from a third story window after being reproved by her mother, her 19 year old sister followed, both sustaining serious injuries. The anecdote appears alongside other brief notes on laws, people and odd facts from the period.
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Paris
Ark
Republican hosts nominate L. M. Shaw for governor
Cedar Rapids August 18 convention fills big tent with delegates and prominent Republicans. Formal addresses stress Iowa GOP loyalty to gold standard and protection, urging disciplined leadership and unity to carry the 1898 political program. Shaw gains in multiple ballots and is finally nominated unanimously.
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Cedar Rapids
McMillan
State Central Committee
Eleventh District
Barclay
Charles M. Hart
Council
Harl
Republican Party
Iowa
Oceans
New England
Mississippi
Father of Waters
Golden Gate
Central West
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Pottawattamie
Samuel Mahon
Ottumwa
Woodbury
Funk
Parrott
Fuller
Shaw
Harlan
Flikinger
Harsh
Flickinger
Slicklinger
Eleventh District caucus backs Temple amendment rail demands
In Cedar Rapids the Eleventh district caucus endorsed the Temple amendment and railway workers’ demands by a large margin. The meeting at the Y M C A elected George C. Scott chairman, J S Junkin secretary, and selected committee members by acclamation amid votes showing strong support for the temple plan.
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Eleventh
H. G. McMillan
Isd
Brown
O'Brien County
J. S. Junkin
Sioux
George C. Scott
Plymouth
E. C. Roach
Lyon
Lot Thomas
Buena Vista
Scott
P. H. Ray
Osceola
Sac
Mcdeonard
James Blanchard
Ida
Average cost of criminal prosecution in England
An average prosecution costs about 185 dollars per case in England. The figure reflects overall expenses in criminal cases across the jurisdiction.
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England
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